Paragraph 2

(1)

Article 2 is amended as follows.

(2)

Renumber the existing text of Article 2 as paragraph 1.

(3)

In paragraph 1—

(a)

before point (1) insert—

“(A1)
‘the Gas Regulation’ means Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on conditions for access to natural gas transmission networks^f1;

(A2)
‘the Northern Ireland department’ means the Department for the Economy;”;

(b)

omit point (2);

(c)

in point (5) (definition of “protected customer”)—

(i)

for “Member State concerned” substitute “Secretary of State”;

(ii)

for “that Member State” substitute “the United Kingdom”;

(d)

omit point (6);

(e)

in point (7) (definition of “competent authority”)—

(i)

after “‘competent authority’” insert “, in relation to a member State,”;

(ii)

for “Member” substitute “member”;

(iii)

at the end insert “as it applies in EU law”;

(f)

in point (8) (definition of “national regulatory authority”), after “‘national regulatory authority’” insert “, in relation to a member State,”;

(g)

after point (8) insert—

“(8A)
‘regulatory authority’—

(a)
in relation to Great Britain, means the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority; and

(b)
in relation to Northern Ireland, means the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation.”

(h)

omit point (9); and

(i)

omit points (11) to (26).

(4)

After paragraph 1 insert—

“2.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following expressions have the meanings given in the Gas Regulation—

‘ancillary services’;

‘customer’;

‘distribution’;

‘distribution system operator’;

‘firm capacity’;

‘interconnector’;

‘interruptible capacity’;

‘LNG facility’;

‘LNG facility capacity’;

‘natural gas undertaking’;

‘storage capacity’;

‘system’;

‘system user’;

‘technical capacity’;

‘transmission’;

‘transmission system operator’.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: The Gas Regulation is amended by S.I. 2018/xxx and S.I. 2018/xxx.